Taxes#32 of 102 · Added July 22, 2026
Tax Friendliness
A five-tier rating of state taxes on middle-class families from Kiplinger
Data: Kiplinger Tax Map, 2019 ↗nhmaps.com/34
Kiplinger rates the entire Northeast among the least tax-friendly states in the country, with one exception: New Hampshire earns the top rating while every neighbor sits at the bottom.
Kiplinger's overall tax-friendliness rating for middle-class families (five-tier rating, ten states per tier)
Source & data: Kiplinger Tax Map, 2019 ↗Found via @GregMooreNH ↗
View the data (50 states)
| # | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | Most tax-friendly |
| 2 | Arizona | Most tax-friendly |
| 3 | Florida | Most tax-friendly |
| 4 | Nevada | Most tax-friendly |
| 5 | New Hampshire | Most tax-friendly |
| 6 | North Dakota | Most tax-friendly |
| 7 | South Dakota | Most tax-friendly |
| 8 | Tennessee | Most tax-friendly |
| 9 | Washington | Most tax-friendly |
| 10 | Wyoming | Most tax-friendly |
| 11 | Alabama | Tax-friendly |
| 12 | California | Tax-friendly |
| 13 | Colorado | Tax-friendly |
| 14 | Delaware | Tax-friendly |
| 15 | Louisiana | Tax-friendly |
| 16 | Mississippi | Tax-friendly |
| 17 | Montana | Tax-friendly |
| 18 | New Mexico | Tax-friendly |
| 19 | Texas | Tax-friendly |
| 20 | Virginia | Tax-friendly |
| 21 | Georgia | Mixed |
| 22 | Hawaii | Mixed |
| 23 | Idaho | Mixed |
| 24 | Indiana | Mixed |
| 25 | Missouri | Mixed |
| 26 | North Carolina | Mixed |
| 27 | Oklahoma | Mixed |
| 28 | South Carolina | Mixed |
| 29 | Utah | Mixed |
| 30 | West Virginia | Mixed |
| 31 | Arkansas | Not tax-friendly |
| 32 | Kentucky | Not tax-friendly |
| 33 | Maine | Not tax-friendly |
| 34 | Maryland | Not tax-friendly |
| 35 | Massachusetts | Not tax-friendly |
| 36 | Michigan | Not tax-friendly |
| 37 | Minnesota | Not tax-friendly |
| 38 | Oregon | Not tax-friendly |
| 39 | Rhode Island | Not tax-friendly |
| 40 | Vermont | Not tax-friendly |
| 41 | Connecticut | Least tax-friendly |
| 42 | Illinois | Least tax-friendly |
| 43 | Iowa | Least tax-friendly |
| 44 | Kansas | Least tax-friendly |
| 45 | Nebraska | Least tax-friendly |
| 46 | New Jersey | Least tax-friendly |
| 47 | New York | Least tax-friendly |
| 48 | Ohio | Least tax-friendly |
| 49 | Pennsylvania | Least tax-friendly |
| 50 | Wisconsin | Least tax-friendly |